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No. 622,6l7. Patented Apr. 4, I899.

0. A. GATRELL.

CASH REGISTER.

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Patented Apr. 4, I899. 0. A. GATRELL.

CASH REGISTER.

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INVENTOR BY f W ATTORN EY" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTMAR A. GATRELL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO EMILY M. INGOLD.

CASH-REGISTER:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,617, dated April4., 1899.

Application filed February 10, 1898. Serial NO; 669,735. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, OTTMAR A. GATRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at O- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of,Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers; and I dohereby declare 'the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to [Owhich it appertains to make and use the same. The object of my inventionis to provide a register having means for keeping and exhibiting arecord of the receipts during a day and also mechanism for keeping andshowing 1 5 the receipts for many days, as aweek, month,

or year.

Myinvention consists in the improvements in construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating one embodiment of my improvements,Figure 1 is a front view of the register in elevation, the numbering ofthe entire face being partial only. Fig. 2 is a Vertical section with 25 the front side of the case removed, parts being broken out toillustrate details. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional View takenon the several planes indicated by the line 09 as, Fig. 2, a part of theside of the casing re 0 maining. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of theinterior mechanism with the casing in sectional view, a key being shownopposite the hole for its use. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View ofone side of the register, parts 5 being broken out to illustrate thesignal. Fig, 6 shows details illustrating toothed thimbles or sleevesemployed in the mechanism.

1 designates the case or shell, which may be of any design suitable tocontain the mech 4o anism; but that shown bears some general resemblanceto that frequently employed in clocks.

At the left-hand side of the case I have shown an opening that may beclosed by a 5 cover or lid 1, that may be lifted to permit examinationor resetting of a part of the mechanism. The lower portion of the caseor shell has horizontal walls 1 and 1 to form a chamber for thecash-drawer 2, the upper wall 1 serving also to support certain parts ofthe mechanism.

In the upper part of the case there is placed adapted when brought to aparticular pointsay an opening in the case 1, nearits topto show theamount of a customers purchase. The outer side of this dial is furnishedwith a knob 4, by means of which the dial may be rotated on the shaft,and the inner side of the dial bears a spring-actuated (or it may be agravity) pawl 4. Fixedly on the shaft 3 is a ratchet-wheel 5, arrangedto have its teeth engaged by the pawl 4 and also fixed to said shaft isa gear-wheel 6. The position of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 5 and theposition of the pawl 4" are shown to be such that a rotation of the dialleftward shall cause corresponding rotation of the gear-wheel 6. g

The ratchet-Wheel5 and the gear-wheel 6 may be made as one.

In the right-hand side of the casing, arranged in suitablebracket-bearings, is a rotatable shaft 7, upon the forward end of whichis fixed a dial 8, bearing a series of numbers of the kind. in the dial4, and just behind this dial is fixed a gear-wheel 8, meshing with thegear-wheel 6, so that when the gearwheel 6 is rotated its motion isimparted to the dial and the number thereon seen through an opening inthe face of the casing. The shaft 7 is arranged to be longitudinallymovable in its bearings and is held outward by means of a spring 7,placed between the gearwheel 8 and the outer bracket, in which the shaftis sustained. The resilience of the spring will be sufficient to holdthe gear-wheel 8 normally in mesh with the gear-wheel G, a stop-collar 7b on the shaft 7 being provided to limit the outward projection of theouter end of the shaft. In order that the gearwheel 8 may be disengagedfrom the gear'G to reset the dial 8, I provide a key, as indicated inFig. 4, thatmay be inserted through an opening in the face of the casingand manipulated to push the gear inward and turn the dial to its initialposition.

Arranged in casing on a suitable shaft 9" below the dial 8 is anotherdial 9 and gearwheel 9, said dial having a series of numbers(designating various sums of money) that are multiples of the totalamount registrable by ICC) a complete rotation of the dial 8, and toeffect the rotation of this dial 9 step by step upon the rotation of thedial 8 the gear-wheel 8 is furnished with a projecting tooth or fingerS, that in each rotation of the dial 9 engages and rotates the gear 9 ofthe dial 9. The dial 9 may have devices forpermitting its resetting likethose shown in connection with dial 8.

In the left-hand side of the casing, nearly opposite the shaft '7 andparallel thereto, is shown a stationary shaft 10, upon which are fournumber or indicator wheels 11, 11, 11 and 11, each of which is furnishedat one side with a gear, all being freely rotatable in said shaft. Thesenumber or indicator wheels are held at fixed distances apart on saidshaft by means of collars or stops placed on the shaft on either side ofthe number-wheel. The periphery of the outermost or front Wheel isprovided with numbers corresponding, as far as the number of teeth onits gear will permit, to the numbers on the dial, and the gearwheel ofthis number or indicator wheel is engaged and rotated by the gear-wheel6. Each of the number or indicator wheels is furnished with an auxiliarytooth or projection 11.

Extending about centrally through the easing and parallel to thestationary shaft 10 is another shaft 12, having thereon freely-rotatablesleeves 13, 13, an d 13*, that have toothed ends or heads. These sleevesare of such length and are so placed on the shaft that when one of thetoothed heads of a sleeve is engaged with the toothed portion of anumber or indicator wheel the other toothed head will be in position tobe struck and turned a tooth by the projection 11 on the adjacent numberor indicator wheel. One complete rotation of the wheel 11 thereforecauses the wheel 11 to move one tooth, and the same is true with respectto wheels 11 and 11 and 11 and 11, so that the amount registered bywheel 11 is multiplied by wheel 11, and the amounts registered by wheell1 are multiplied by wheel 11*, and so on to wheel 11. To preventaccidental movement of the wheels 11, 11, 11", and 11, stop-pawls likethat shown at 11, Fig. 2, may be provided. Pivoted on a standard 11 onthe upper side of the wall 1 is a latch-lever 15, one end of which ispointed and extends upward to the teeth of the wheel 11, while the otherend extends downward through a hole in the wall 1". The upper end of thelatch-lever may be held normally in engagement with the teeth of thewheel 11 by means of a spring 15.

The cash-drawer is made with a central partition 2, recessed at thefront end of its upper edge to form a shoulder 2, and when the drawer ispushed entirely in the lower end of the latch-lever drops into therecess and locks the drawer.

The rear wall of the cash-drawer recess is provided with a spring 16,that presses against the drawer when the latter ispushed in and tends toeject the drawer when the latch end of the lever 15 is lifted. The latchend of the lever is lifted by the action of a tooth on the gear 11 whenthe latter is turned in the proper operation of the register and thecash-drawer is automatically opened. The drawer may also be released bymeans of a lever 17, pivoted in the front wall of the case, having itsinner end arranged under a shoulder 15 on the latch -lever 15 and itsouter protruding end furnished with a key to be pressed by a finger ofthe hand. This key may be called the change-key.

Any approved alarm or signal device may be employed to indicate that thedrawer is being opened.

lVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a cash-register, the combination of a single rotatable dial 1bearing numbers or figurcs and having pawl 4 a toothed wheel (3 operatedby said pawl, dials S and 9 operated by said wheel 0 to indicatereceipts during a day, means independent of dials 8 and 9 to indicateaccum ulated receipts com prising shaft 10, toothed indieator-whcels 1111 on said shaft, shaft 12, toothed sleeve 13 011 shaft 12 meshing withwheel 11 at one end, and projeetion 11 on wheel 11 adapted to engage thetoothed sleeve at its other end, the teeth of wheel 11 meshing with andoperated by wheel 0, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a cash-register, the combination of a single rotatable dial 1bearing numbers or Ii ures and having pawl l, a toothed wheel (3operated by said pawl, dials S and 9 operated by said wheel 6 toindicate receipts during a day, means independent of dials 8 and 9 toindicate accumulated receipts comprising shaft 10, toothedindicator-wheels 11 11 on said shaft, shaft 12, toothed sleeve 13 onshaft 12 meshing with wheel 11 at one end, projection 11, on wheellladapted to engage the toothed sleeve at its other end, the teeth ofwheel 11 meshing with and operated by wheel 0, and the drawer-latch 15having one end arranged to be engaged and operated also by the teeth ofwheel 11, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

OTTMAR A. GATRELL.

\Vitnesses:

G. W. ALFRED, GEORGE M. FINCKEL.

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